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racing. It featured the 1979 World Championship for Makes which was open to Group 1 and 2

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and 4 Grand Touring cars, and Group 5 Special Production Cars. The championship ran from 3 February to 16 September 1979 and consisted of nine rounds. It was contested in two engine capacity divisions, Over 2 Litres and Under 2 Litres. The Over 2 Litres Division was won by Porsche and the Under 2 Litres Division by Lancia.

Schedule

Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo Brands Hatch 1979 (11309140213)

Season results

Note: Entries which were not eligible to score championship points are not accounted for in the above table.

Manufacturers' championship

Points were awarded for placings gained by the top ten cars in each division at each round in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. However, points were only awarded for the highest placed car from each make in each division and any other cars from that make were merely skipped in the points allocation. Only the best seven round results for each make in each division counted towards the championship with any other points earned not included in the final totals. Relinquished points are shown within brackets. Some rounds were also open to cars from other categories (e.g. Group 6 "Two Seater Racing Cars") however these cars were not eligible to score points for their respective makes.

Division - Over 2 Litre

Division - Under 2 Litre

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett points totals scored by their respective makes.

Division - Over 2 Litre

* Porsche 935 & 911 Carrera RSR *

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& 308GTB *

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* Triumph TR8 * BMW 3.5 CSL

Division - Under 2 Litre

* Lancia Beta Montecarlo * BMW 320i * Ford Escort * Porsche *

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References

External links

1979 World Championship for Makes – race results
Retrieved from wsrp.ic.cz

Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 1 April 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:1979 World Sportscar Championship Season World Sportscar Championship seasons

Schedule

Season results

Manufacturers' championship

Division - Over 2 Litre

Division - Under 2 Litre

The cars

Division - Over 2 Litre

Division - Under 2 Litre

References

Further reading

External links